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PIGEON HOLE BLOCK FOR KEBPINGGHEGKS AND'VOUGHERS. No. 363,852. PatentedMay 31, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS L. SAGE, OF OORNING, NEW YORK.

PlGEON-HOLE BLOCK FOR KEEPING CHECKS AND VOUCHERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 363,852, dated May 31,1887.

Application filed February 21, 1887. Serial Ifl'o. 228,335. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS L. SAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Corning, in the county of Steuben and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pigeon -Hole Blocksfor Keeping Checks or other Vouchers; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it ap'pertains to make and usethe same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, andto theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The special object of the invention is to 'facilitate the handling ofchecks and vouchers in banks and large business houses where accountsare kept with numerous individuals.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claim. I

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation in perspective, and Fig. 2 adetail sectional view,

' of the block, board, or plate, showing it recessed underneath.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary case provided withpigeon-holes of any preferred height and width, while, B representsoblong and preferably rectangular boards, plates, or blocks, which arebeveled at the end b, so that they may be easily and convenientlymanipulated. Any preferred number of these may be arranged in eachpigeon-hole, the letters of the alphabet being arranged in regular orderover the holes and the name of each customer being placed on theoutlying end of a block. The checks or vouchers will be arranged in theorder of their filing under each ones block, so that they may beinserted or removed without a moments delay. Thus each patrons checksand vouchers are filed separatelyand in the smallest possible space, soas to save a great deal of time to bookkeepers and accountants.

I preferably make the blocks with an excision or cavity, 1), in whichthe checks or vouchers may lie, thusincreasing the capacity of eachpigeon-hole about forty per cent. This system of keeping checks andvouchers will not require morethan'one-tenth the usual space for a givennumber under ordinary circumstances.

The checks of a bank when assorted in their boxes are in the same orderwhich characterize their arrangement on the ledger, and in which theywill be drawn ofl' on the customerspassbook. Thus it will be seen thatchecking the Patent, is-

The described pigeon-hole block, consisting of a board, B, cut out at band having a beveled end adapted to be notated with an individual, orcorporate, or firm name, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORRIS L. SAGE.

